A woman has avoided jail after pleading guilty to having indecent images of children.
Helen Furnell, 49, of Parkside in Totton, was sentenced on Wednesday at Southampton Crown Court.
Furnell, who was arrested in August 2021, pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children.
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Of the 92 images, 48 were Category A – the most severe type – with 20 being Category B and 24 Category C.
The charge can include downloading images or opening an attachment.
The court heard that Furnell had no previous convictions.
She was sentenced to an 18-month community order and handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for five years.
The purpose of the SHPO is to protect the public from sexual harm by restricting the subject's behaviour, such as restricting their access to the Internet.
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